mountain range

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mountain range
Noun
  • Among the displays are ceramic figures, scale models and paintings that narrate indigenous traditions in the Andes cordillera, from the first settlements dating back 15,000 years to the birth of the Tiwanaku state and the rise of the Incan empire.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Away to the west, mountains rode the horizons, granite faced, severe, not the Andes yet, but the cordillera of the pre-Andes.
    Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2019
Noun
  • However, clamp mounts have a robust design and are suitable for road and mountain riding.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Recent forecasts indicate that, even after the mountain snow melts, Lake Mead and Lake Powell are expected to stay at about one-third of their capacity, the newspaper reported.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • As the costs of the trade war mount in both countries – expected to increase inflation in the U.S. and unemployment in China – the outcome will likely depend on which leader has the greater tolerance for the political costs of decoupling.
    Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The episode is interspersed with clips of a home game against the Blue Jays in late June, in which the Red Sox mount a late comeback capped by Duran’s walk-off single.
    Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Facial moles like cacti in the sierra, front-tooth gaps like keyhole nebulae.
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Web cams pointed at Yosemite Valley’s famous granite features, including Half Dome and El Capitan, showed the high sierra landscape completely smoked out, with terrible visibility, on Thursday afternoon.
    Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 17 Sep. 2020
Noun
  • If passed, the bill would require employers and employment agencies to include wage or wage range information, a general description of benefits, and any other compensation in all job postings.
    Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The Rebels combined to hit 19 of 39 (49%) from long range in their wins over North Carolina and Iowa State last weekend.
    Paul Newberry, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Dell rates this ultrawide monitor at 350 nits (candelas per square meter) of brightness, though in our tests, the monitor reached a peak luminance of just 265 nits.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Doncic was traded seemingly at the peak of his career, which made the trade even more shocking and inexplicable.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The program is mostly focused on installing speed bumps, tables or humps.
    Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 13 Mar. 2025
  • With two foot-long horns protruding from either side of their heads, a large hump resting on their shoulders and folds of loose skin drooping from their neck, these aren’t your typical black-and-white milk carton dairy cows.
    Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2025
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“Mountain range.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mountain%20range. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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